FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 361 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER 
The shad fishery of the Hudson River in 1937 was prosecuted by 
613 fishermen who used 299 boats, 15 haul seines, 186 drift gill nets, 
and 113 stake gill nets. The total commercial catch amounted to 
878,190 shad, having a weight of 2,732,200 pounds and a value to the 
fishermen of $212,786. This is an increase of 26 percent in the number 
of shad and 25 percent in their value as compared with 1936. The 
average price per pound received by the fishermen was about 8 cents, 
compared with a price of about 7 cents in 1936. 
Stake gill nets accounted for 65 percent of the weight of the shad 
taken, drift gill nets 34 percent, and haul seines 1 percent. 
Statistics of the catch of shad in the Hudson River also are included 
in the catch data for New York and New Jersey which are published 
elsewhere in this report. 
Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1937 









Item New York New Jersey Total 
Fishermen: 
On boats and shore: Number Number Number 
Repnigriss -. 62 24 86 
Casgals = 2-5! 353 174 527 
Ui iL 415 198 613 
Boats 
DVLOUON st oe Sat sete 17 17 
© there stees ee 218 64 282 
Apparatus: 
Haul seines--_------- oe (Eee ee ee el 15 
Length, yards_-_ 7) VX I SEES 2, 422 
Gill nets: 
Drift ee = 185 1 186 
Square 
yards. ...- 595, 499 2, 030 597, 529 
Sin (ae 26 87 113 
Square 
yards___-- 3, 599 133, 776 137, 375 
Shad caught: Number| Pounds| Value |Number| Pounds | Value |Number| Pounds | Value 
With haul seines=_-|| 5,900 |. 19) 700 | $1,433 |..---._-]_-----.-~-|_--.-- 5, 900 19,700 | $1, 433 
With drift gill nets_./279, 780 |932, 600 | 70,009 | 1,000 3,000 | $234 |280,780 | 935,600 | 70,243 
With stake gill nets_| 7,110 | 23,700 | 1,749 |584, 400 |1, 753, 200 |139, 361 |591, 510 |1, 776,900 | 141,110 
Motel See ee st 292, 790 |976,000 | 73,191 |585, 400 |1, 756, 200 |139, 595 |878, 190 |2, 732,200 | 212, 786 


FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 
(Area XXIII) 7 
The yield of the commercial fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States 
(Maryland and Virginia) during 1937 amounted to 292,244,400 pounds, 
valued at $6,361,234 to the fishermen, representing a decrease of 
7 percent in volume and 2 percent in value as compared with the catch 
in the previous year. These fisheries gave employment to 16,529 
fishermen, as compared with 18,283 in 1936. 
7 This is the number given to this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 
should be explained that there may be included under this area, craft whose principal fishing ports are in the 
area but at times fish elsewhere. Data on the operating units and catch of the fisheries of the Chesapeake 
Bay States have been taken largely from statistics collected by the State fishery agencies of Maryland and 
Virginia. Supplementary surveys, compilations, and analyses, have been made by agents of this Bureau 
in order that the figures may be presented in a manner comparable with those of other sections. It should 
be observed that the persons engaged, gear and craft employed, and the catch of the seed oyster fishery are 
not included among the statistics of the fishery for market oysters and other species but are shown in separate 
tables in this section. For a clearer understanding of the statistics published in this section, the reader is 
referred to the section in the latter part of this document entitled ‘Statistical survey procedure.” 
